France promises proof Assad is behind the Syrian chemical attack

In
this photo taken on late Tuesday, April 4, 2017 and made
available Wednesday, April 5, a victim of alleged chemical
weapons attacks in Syrian city of Idlib, at a local hospital in
Reyhanli, Turkey.IHA via
AP

PARIS (AP) — France says it will provide proof within days that
Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime carried out the April 4
chemical attack in Syria that killed at least 90 people.

Speaking Wednesday evening on French TV, Foreign Minister
Jean-Marc Ayrault said: "We will provide proof that the regime
did indeed organize these strikes with chemical weapons."

He said he couldn't provide evidence now because analysis is
still underway but added: "In a few days I'll be able to provide
proof."

Assad has denied that he was behind the attack. Syria agreed to
give up its chemical weapons arsenal in 2013.

Speaking Thursday, French presidential candidate Jean-Luc
Melenchon called on the United Nations to punish those behind the
attack and said "whoever uses chemical weapons should be
condemned."